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Football is for Losers

A friend and I recently IM'd this:

[after talking about some good games, I randomly inserted a sarcastic statement]

me: Video games are for losers.  I prefer to spend my time watchin' da Big Game.
me: With my buds, Boomer and Smitty.
friend: Haha B and I have had this discussion lately...
friend: That in US society it is totally acceptable for a male to devote an entire day to watching a Football game (usually over 4 hours with pre/post game stuff) but for any other hobby you won't get anyone's sympathy.
friend: If I was, say, trying to beat FFXII that afternoon you could imagine what the reaction would have been.
friend:
Or if I was in a clan and had a meet up planned.
me:
I'm blogging that for truth.

Are there any groups of Football Guys out there where one of the members is NOT named Boomer (pronounced Boomah) or Smitty?  I think not.

Everyday my wife thanks the maker that I'm not one of those Football Guys.  I thank myself.

Comments
uh's Gravatar Considering Madden NFL 2007 sold more than 2 million copies duing its first week on sale, that would make 2 million video gamers losers in one week and by extension a bunch of them must also be named either Boomer or Smitty.
# Posted By uh | 11/1/06 1:33 PM
David's Gravatar You congratulating yourself comes hot on the heels of your blog post "World of Warcraft Trading Card Game" and "Lik-Sang Shut Down Thanks to Bastards at Sony".

Am I the only one that finds this a little ironic???

David
# Posted By David | 11/2/06 10:15 AM
Steve's Gravatar I don't get the connection between this post and prior posts.
# Posted By Steve | 11/2/06 1:45 PM
Bill's Gravatar Allow me to help.

Connection -> You = loser

Thus validating the original supposition.
# Posted By Bill | 11/2/06 1:52 PM

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